Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources

210 Pages·2014·1.2 MB·English

by  Patricia I Vasquez

OIL SPARKS IN THE AMAZON
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OIL SPARKS
IN THE AMAZON
Local Confl icts,
Indigenous Populations,
and Natural Resources
Patricia I. Vásquez
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Vasquez, Patricia I.
Oil sparks in the Amazon : local confl icts, indigenous
populations, and natural resources / Patricia I. Vasquez.
pages cm. — (Studies in security and international aff airs)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978- 0- 8203-4 561- 1 (hardback) — isbn 0- 8203- 4561- x (hardcover) —
isbn 978- 0- 8203- 4562- 8 (paperback)
1. Petroleum industry and trade—Social aspects—South America.
2. Petroleum industry and trade—Environmental aspects—South America.
3. Indians of South America—Social conditions. 4. Social confl ict—South
America. I. Title.
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A la memoria de Tina y Juan,
quienes me dieron todo,
y mucho más,
para que pudiera escribir este libro
In memory of Tina and Juan,
who gave me everything,
and much more,
to be able to write this book
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The idea of an equilibrium between man and the earth, the awareness of
the rape of the environment by industrial culture and today’s technol-
ogy, the reevaluation of the wisdom of primitive peoples, forced either
to respect their habitat or face extinction, was something that, during
those years, although not yet an intellectual fashion, had already begun
to take root everywhere, even in Peru.
Vargas Llosa
The diff erence between what we do and what we are capable of doing
would suffi ce to solve most of the world’s problems.
Mahatma Gandhi